Changes in initiation of orienting gaze shifts after muscimol inactivation of the caudal fastigial nucleus in the cat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 503, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 657-671

  Goffart, Laurent ^a,b   Pélisson, Denis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM; DYSMETRIA; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE SHIFT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; GABA AGONISTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETINA; SACCADES;

EID: 1842288055     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.657bg.x     Document Type: Article

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